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It may be caught by living with another having the 

 difeafe; but accidental intercourfc will not produce 

 it : deeping on the fame ftraw, or in the fame kennel, 

 is a ftrong means of producing it ; but it is, generally, 

 not fo contagious as has been imagined. 



It is not fo readily caught from a dog having it 

 conftitutionally, as it is from a dog having himfelf 

 caught it. 



The flight rednefs and itching of the fl^in fo com- 

 mon among dogs at all times, particularly in fum- 

 mer, will degenerate, without care, into mange ; 

 and fleas, in great quantity, promote a difpofition to 

 it : but thefe cafes may be prevented from becoming 

 true mange, by wafliing, together with a courfe of al- 

 terative medicines. See page 28. 



But when it has made its appearance as real con- 

 firmed mange, though thefe alterative medicines affift 

 in the cure, an outward application is neceflary to 

 complete it : indeed, in mofl; cafes, nothing but an 

 outward application is eflentially neceflary. Many 

 fubftances are ufed for the cure: brimftone forms the 

 principal, and, if thoroughly applied, is equal to the 

 removal of common cafes ; but brimfl;one alone, or 

 any one fubftance unaided by others, is feldom fuffi- 

 ciently efficacious for bad cafes; nor does it cure 

 milder mange fo quick as a judicious compound. 

 By feeing many hundred cafes of this difeafe, under 

 all its varieties, every year, and by giving every fub- 



